Thirdorgan - Thirdorgan
Thirdorgan by...Thirdorgan. A new release from a veteran in japannoise! Started back in 1993, with over 60 albums released! All out on various (and noisy) cult labels. Of course, most of them are sought out rarities. This new has been released by a new and cool label called Abhorrent Creation Tapes. Based in Noyelles Godault in France. I will review further releases from this excellent label, which so far has showcased an interest in japanoise. This one has come out as a limited 350 copies pro-CD, a cool white cover in a simply and good-old-fashioned jewel case. Love the cover artwork, once in a while a screaming white cover with black letters on it just does the trick. Beatles did it with the White Album, and Throbbing Gristle did it with their Second Annual Report as well. Kind of makes you ask a question (or two) what does this white and simple-looking album actually hides? The track has 6 untitled tracks on it, 60+ minutes in total.
The first track sounds like a digital ghost trying to invade your television set. A mesh of various digital chopped-up liquid sounds pounds up and down while traveling between your speakers. It can also sound like a HUGE arcade hall with over 100 16-bit games, suffering from electronic glitches and power surges. It sounds INCREDIBLE, really does. Reminds me of a bit of the Gantz Graf release by Autechre, just way more complex and aggressive. Good to hear that new ideas for noise music are being developed, this is indeed a new sound we are dealing with here. Remember the digital sounds from the bad guy who was put inside a killer robot in Robocop 2?!...
The second track has a more organic, fluid, and heavily echoed sort of sound. Love the way the sounds... fucks up the mind ( in a good way ). There are people who love splatter effects in gory horror flicks, and there are those who love sound effects on albums like this... it´s absolutely filled with it so far. Incredible how so much action of sound there is on this! Really hard to describe, but good... really good!
The third track goes back to those mutated retro-gaming sounds. Lazer sounds, hints of 8-bit NES melodies, clicks... and cuts, 3d space invaders in virtual reality, and all that. Not only am I a lover of noisy stuff, but also a retro-gaming lover... so of course I bloody love this!
Jumping further to the sixth track (the last track on the album). Which is also the most distorted and noisy one. Imagine how all of these sounds would sound if they all... were spewed out of a steel pipeline. That´s exactly how this track works, kind of an outro for whatever you have just been through.
Thirdorgan by Thirdorgan is one bloody masterpiece and a unique one as well. Is it actually japanoise, or is it japanbitnoise? Again, we might be dealing with a new sound here. When you are just fed up with the constant stream of information being flooded in your brain (on a daily basis), this album should do the trick to reset that digital-fxxxxx-up brain of yours. I want more of this... please!.
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